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Benthead [Ironstone Pit] (3)

Greenburn Golf Couse, Fauldhouse, West Lothian.

NGR:NS 93270 59960
WGS84:55.82105, -3.70505
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:212 m
Geology:Crofthead Slatyband Ironstone
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Ironstone), early/mid 19th Century.

Shaft site buried along boundary of fairway / wooded rough on golf course.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Labelled as "Iron Mine" (and probably active) on 1st Ed. OS map, on lands of Benthead. Absent from later editions and geol. survey map.

Given 8 fig. NGR based on MRA map.

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